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Frida Gefen family papers

Document | Accession Number: 2006.257.1

Date: 1941-1944 (inclusive)
Genre/Form: Letters.
Extent: 2 letters.
1 postcard.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frida Gefen

Document Creator: Frida Gefen
Biography: Frida Gefen (née Szmulowicz) is the daughter of Jacob and Liba Szmulowicz of Lida, Lithuania (Lida, Belarus). She had two brothers: Eliezer and Samuel. Jacob and Samuel fled Lithuania in September 1939. They secured Japanese travel visas to Curacao from Japanese Counxul Chiune Sugihara and went to Shanghai, where they remained until 1947. Frida, Liba, and Eliezer were deported to Siberia in April 1940. Frida married Aba Weinstein in 1947 in Salzburg, Austria, and they immigratedt to Palestine in February 1948.
System of Arrangement: The collections is arranged as a single folder.
Topical Term: Jews--Belarus--Lida.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus.
Refugees, Jewish--China--Shanghai.
Geographic Name: Shanghai (China).
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Frida Gefen.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-06-18 09:44:45
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